Throughout his extraordinary career in architecture and interior design, Austrian Josef Frank (1885-1967) charted an original and complex version of modernism that expressed a unique view of the modern home, the single-family house, and its furnishings. This book - the first in English to analyze and interpret Frank’s many achievements - brings his contributions out of obscurity and reveals the full scope of his alternative interpretation of the modern movement. In addition to ten essays on Frank’s life and work, this book includes illustrations of 135 of Frank’s architectural, furniture, and fabric designs, shown primarily in color. They trace his development as an architect and designer, from his early days in Vienna through his years in exile in Stockholm and New York. A selected list of his buildings, projects, and interior designs is found in the appendix.

Table of Contents

ForewordSusan Weber SorosPrefaceAnn WallIntroductionNina Stritzler-Levine1. Three Visions of the Modern Home: Josef Frank, Le Corbusier and Alvar AaltoNina Stritzler-Levine2. The Consequences of Catastrophe: Josef Frank and Post-World-War-I ViennaLeon Botstein3. The Wayward Heir: Josef Frank’s Vienna Years, 1885-1933Christopher Long4. Life in Exhile: Josef Frank in Sweden and the United States, 1933-1967Krisrin Wangberg-Eriksson5. Space for Living: The Architecture of Josef FrankChristopher Long

6. Architektur als Symbol: Theory and PolemicKarin Lindegren

7. “Steel is not a Raw Material; Steel is a Weltanschauung”: The Early Furniture Designs of Josef Frank, 1910-1933Christian Witt-Dorring8. “Convenience and Pleasantness”: Josef Frank and the Swedish Modern Movement in DeisgnPenny Parks

9. Josef Frank and Gio Ponti: Reflections on the “House” and the “Garden,” A View from ItalyMarianna Lamonaca